User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Important Safety Instructions
- Getting Started
- Receiver
- Receiver Menus
- Locating Basics
- Advanced Locating
- Transmitter
- Appendix A: System Specifications
- Appendix B: Receiver Screen Symbols
- Appendix C: Projected Depth Versus Actual Depth and the Fore/Aft Offset
- Appendix D: Calculating Depth Based on Distance Between FLP and RLP
- Appendix E: Reference Tables
DIGITALCONTROLINCORPORATED
DigiTrak Falcon F5
®
Operator's Manual 5
Getting Started
Introduction
1. Aurora touchscreen
remote display
2. Receiver
3. Transmitter
4. Li-ion/NiMH battery
charger
DigiTrak Falcon F5 Guidance System with Aurora
®
Remote Display
Congratulations on your purchase of the DigiTrak Falcon F5
®
locating system. The Falcon wideband
technology represents an important advancement in the detection of active interference at the jobsite. Falcon
extends the performance range of the F5 receiver with a durable system that can be programmed to address
the variability in jobsite interference.
Historically, walkover guidance systems have used a single frequency to transmit the underground signal to
the receiver above ground. DCI pioneered this method with its earliest locating systems to deliver roll and
pitch readings to the operator. As trenchless techniques have advanced, sources of active interference have
increased at jobsites and interference has emerged as one of the primary obstacles to completing HDD
installations on time.
One of the unique attributes of interference is that it varies from jobsite to jobsite. A single frequency that
works well at one site may not be useable at another. Using a single frequency to carry the locating signal
limits the operator’s efficiency in areas with high interference and can delay the completion of the job.
The Falcon approach uses a simple procedure of walking the jobsite to measure noise and then optimizing
the band of frequencies that will be most effective. The Falcon F5 wideband transmitter can be programmed
with two optimized bands for maximum productivity around high interference. The optimizing process is easy
and takes only minutes to perform at the beginning of each pilot bore. A Falcon system with a wideband
transmitter substantially outperforms other locating systems in its class and enables more efficient
installations.
The Falcon system comes standard with a receiver, remote display, batteries, and battery charger. The
separate operator's manuals for these devices are located on the flash drive that accompanied your guidance
system and also at www.DigiTrak.com.